Name: Terascale Statistics Tools School
Start: 2008-09-29T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2008-10-02T13:15:00+02:00
Location: DESY

Terascale Statistics Tools School

from Monday, September 29, 2008 (2:00 PM) to Thursday, October 2, 2008 (1:15 PM)

Monday, September 29, 2008

11:00 AM Registration
Registration
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
2:00 PM Welcome - Olaf Behnke (DESY) Claus Kleinwort (DESY) Stefan Schmitt (DESY)
Welcome
- Olaf Behnke (DESY)
- Claus Kleinwort (DESY)
- Stefan Schmitt (DESY)
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
2:15 PM Multivariate Analysis Techniques I - Helge Voss (MPI-K Heidelberg)
Multivariate Analysis Techniques I
- Helge Voss (MPI-K Heidelberg)
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
3:15 PM Multivariate Analysis Techniques II (Slides see Multivariate Analysis Techniques I) - Helge Voss (MPI-K Heidelberg)
Multivariate Analysis Techniques II (Slides see Multivariate Analysis Techniques I)
- Helge Voss (MPI-K Heidelberg)
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
4:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
4:30 PM Fitting Techniques I - Volker Blobel (Uni HH)
Fitting Techniques I
- Volker Blobel (Uni HH)
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
6:00 PM Welcome Reception (Canteen Extension)
Welcome Reception (Canteen Extension)
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Room: Canteen Extension
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
9:30 AM Searches - Limits - Discoveries I - Luc Demortier (Rockefeller University)
Searches - Limits - Discoveries I
- Luc Demortier (Rockefeller University)
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
10:15 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
10:30 AM Fitting techniques II (Slides see Fitting Techniques I) - Volker Blobel (Uni HH)
Fitting techniques II (Slides see Fitting Techniques I)
- Volker Blobel (Uni HH)
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
11:15 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c

11:45 AM Practical work on exemplary problems: paper exercises with solutions
Practical work on exemplary problems: paper exercises with solutions
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Room: Sem 2-5 Solve given practical problems; working in small teams

12:45 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Canteen

2:00 PM Practical work on exemplary problems: computer exercises with solutions
Practical work on exemplary problems: computer exercises with solutions
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Sem 2-5

3:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
4:00 PM Special practical problems in data analysis - The art of determining systematic errors I - Rainer Wanke (Uni Mainz)
Special practical problems in data analysis - The art of determining systematic errors I
- Rainer Wanke (Uni Mainz)
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
4:45 PM Final coffee & tea break of the day
Final coffee & tea break of the day
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
5:15 PM Frequently Bayesian - the role of probability in data analysis - Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway, London)
Frequently Bayesian - the role of probability in data analysis
- Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway, London)
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
9:15 AM Searches - Limits - Discoveries II - Luc Demortier (Rockefeller University)
Searches - Limits - Discoveries II
- Luc Demortier (Rockefeller University)
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
10:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
10:15 AM Bayesian Statistics - Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Bayesian Statistics
- Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway, University of London)
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
11:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c

11:15 AM Practical work on exemplary problems (PDF files -> see yesterdays sessions)
Practical work on exemplary problems (PDF files -> see yesterdays sessions)
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: Sem 2-5

12:15 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Canteen

1:00 PM Practical work on exemplary problems (PDF files -> see yesterdays sessions)
Practical work on exemplary problems (PDF files -> see yesterdays sessions)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Sem 2-5

2:30 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
3:00 PM Special practical problems in data analysis - The art of determining systematic errors II - Rainer Wanke (Uni Mainz)
Special practical problems in data analysis - The art of determining systematic errors II
- Rainer Wanke (Uni Mainz)
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
3:45 PM Coffee & Tea break
Coffee & Tea break
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
4:00 PM Recent statistical software developments in ROOT - Lorenzo Moneta (CERN)
Recent statistical software developments in ROOT
- Lorenzo Moneta (CERN)
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
4:45 PM Final Coffee & Tea break
Final Coffee & Tea break
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
5:15 PM Real, false and missed discoveries in high energy physics - Luc Demortier (Rockefeller University)
Real, false and missed discoveries in high energy physics
- Luc Demortier (Rockefeller University)
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
6:30 PM Terascale Barbecue
Terascale Barbecue
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: Canteen Extension
Thursday, October 2, 2008
9:30 AM Advanced unfolding techniques - Volker Blobel (Uni HH)
Advanced unfolding techniques
- Volker Blobel (Uni HH)
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
10:15 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
11:00 AM Invited Talk - Outlook: Searching for new signals at the LHC - Markus Schumacher (Uni Siegen)
Invited Talk - Outlook: Searching for new signals at the LHC
- Markus Schumacher (Uni Siegen)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
12:00 PM Terascale Analysis Centre presents itself - Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius (Hamburg University)
Terascale Analysis Centre presents itself
- Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius (Hamburg University)
12:00 PM - 12:05 PM
Room: Sem FEL Hall, bld 28c
12:05 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:05 PM - 1:15 PM
Room: Canteen